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Summary: Good information, sensible advice and IT WORKS!
Review: I just had to say this book saved my life. I've read others (eg Baby Whisperer etc) which advocate picking you baby up every time they cry and didn't sleep more than 2 hours together for 6 months!If other parents don't have problems getting their baby to sleep through - good for them, for the rest of us, try this book. Read the whole book and read the age specific advice. (By the way, Dr Weissbluth does not at any point tell you to make your baby cry when they are hungry, nor does he tell you make your baby cry until they vomit! What rubbish, that person can't possibly have read the book!)
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Summary: Every child is different
Review: Although this book sometimes receives negative press, I think that it is important to understand that every child is unique. What works for one family will often not work for another. Having said that, I have personally given this book to 3 family members and 2 friends. They all love it! It works very well for their children (mine too!) Inconsistency is the relevant factor here. This book does not work well if both parents don't read and discuss what Dr Wiessbluth is proposing. I am a stay-at-home-Dad and I am very a thankful that my wife found this book for our family. My kids are very well adjusted and on good sleeping schedules. Olivia is 1 and Michael is 3. When they don't get there naps, there sure is a difference in them. Don't take to heart the negative reviews on Amazon. Try this book and you may never know - adults who sleep well were good sleepers as children. Good luck!!
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Summary: Amazing!!!
Review: It's a very practical book. Basically, RESPECT YOUR CHILD'S SLEEP PATTERNS. If you feel that sleep is important for your baby's growth and you follow the practical advice in the book, your child will form good sleeping patterns and habits and will sleep WELL! It worked amazingly with my first child and even better with my second baby! No one can believe how well they sleep. One is 20 months and one is 7 months. Both sleeping through the night with two naps a day that are 1 1/2 hours each. My children are happy and pleasant to be with.
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Summary: Excellent advice from a caring expert
Review: Just a quick word on the "cry it out" issue: I can almost guarantee that the parents who are most stressed out about crying are, guess what, brand new parents. I know I was. A couple of kids later, and trust me, you'll get used to it--it's part of life. Kids cry. Even at bedtime. Ask anyone with more than one kid. But kids also need sleep. They may not WANT to sleep (remember when you were a kid how much you wanted to stay up late?), but they NEED sleep. They don't like vegetables, either, do they? But vegetables are good for them, and that's what your job is as a parent. Parents make the rules, not the kids. Follow Dr. Weissbluth's advice (based on 30 years as a sleep specialist and as a father of four), and your kids will get enough sleep--and so will you. Yes, it may take a week or so of crying it out. Why? Because you, as the parent, have probably kept them up too late, and (if they're older) trained them that crying will bring attention. (Much more fun than sleeping!) Want to avoid the cry-it-out period? Put your kids to bed EARLIER. That's Weissbluth's advice, and he's dead on. If you keep them up past the point that they're tired, they'll be running on adrenaline--that's when it's hardest for them to go to sleep, and that's when the crying takes over. But don't take it from me, get the book and try it yourself. Or, you could take the advice from the reader from Little Rock. She's co-sleeping & doing all the cuddly stuff & her kid still isn't sleeping. Or you could take the advice from Owensmama. Little Owen just started sleeping through the night. He's 14 months. Do YOU want to wait 14 months for your child to sleep? Hmmmm.
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Summary: Just Terrible Advice!!!
Review: Okay, well not all of it is terrible. The parts about protecting the nap and sleeping schedules I think are good but almost the entire book he tries to justify why crying it out is okay for your baby! I am a firm believer of never crying it out and my baby sleeps 12 hours at night no problem. We have always attended to her needs but also let her know we mean bussiness at night - no playing at night feedings etc. Since 4 months she's been sleeping through the night. Have you ever thought about how it would feel to your baby to be left in a room to cry, mommy or daddy ignoring your needs, vomiting and having no one clean it up? Your throat so sore that you can't cry anymore and mommy and daddy think you are stopping crying because you "get it?" when in reality you just can't cry because the pain is too unbearable? Or how about if you really needed a drink or water/milk and no one would let you have it because you aren't supposed to want it at 3:00am? Haven't you ever woken up thirsty in the middle of the night? Our children are so precious, I can't imagine subjecting them to this torture. Try the No Cry Sleep Solution. It is much more humane and naturing.
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Summary: found book lacking in advice for non-crying it out parents
Review: I found this book interesting, in terms of all the info about sleep requirements, sleep patterns, etc. Quite frankly, I have also found a lot of that info in other baby books, but he certainly does know his stuff - so I am glad that I read it. I've read a few books on the topic, and most of the experts agree that an earlier bedtimes, regular naps, shortened activity time, etc. all help babies to sleep through the night. (I read the same stuff in the Baby Whisperer, etc.) It's pretty basic stuff and a lot of it is common sense (in that an overtired baby will be too wired to sleep). Great advice, however, he does then start talking about crying it out - which is a last alternative I guess if these other things don't work, or you missed your baby's cues. The examples from the parents in the book frequently discuss crying it out. I guess I didn't find solutions for example to things like how to wean your baby at 9 months off night feedings - without crying it out. And that's why we bought the book. So I didn't particularly find it helpful to us. We were already doing all the other suggestions since he was tiny anyhow.
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Summary: Good Sleep Information, terrible advice
Review: I am mother to a 11 1/2mos daughter. Read this book when she was about 3 months old and started putting it into practice when she was about 4 1/2mos old. I thought I had solved her sleep problems at that time. She did great for about 2 months. I followed Weissbluth's advice like a zealot and told all my friends and family about this book constantly. It only took three nights of crying the first time to get her to sleep with only 2 awakenings to breastfeed in a twelve hour stretch. Well, jump forward a few months. Sleep problems started getting worse despite me following his advice to the tee. She started waking more and more from teething and would cry non-stop for hours at a time. At its worst it got to where one night I let my poor baby cry for 1 1/2 hours before she conked out and then woke again 20 minutes later!! To say I regret having done this is a HUGE understatement. That night I scooped her up and vowed I wouldn't let her cry like this again. Weissbluth has great information about sleep patterns, nap schedules and his research is untouched by other books I've read. The problem is, if you read the rest of the book and actually use his sleep practices, you will have to let your child cry again and again and again, cause after all they are people, not little robots that can be trained in the manner he says. It is NOT a one time shot of just letting them cry for a few nights. You have to be able to consistently let your child cry him/her self to sleep and be very consistent about this after their schedules get messed up by illness, vacation, etc. for this to work. I, personally, don't think that is right. Now, my daughter HATES her crib, we cosleep and she is up all th time. Still, I have the assurance that I am responding to her needs and eventually, when she is ready she will sleep through the night. I would recommend that unless you want to be guilted (or brainwashed) into thinking your child is going to permanently suffer if he doesn't sleep through the night by tomorrow night, don't read this book, even though it does contain some useful information, it is not worth it if Weissbluth convinces you to use his heartless training methods.
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Summary: THIS BOOK HAS SAVED MY LIFE
Review: I HIGHLY recommend this book - it has literally saved my life and sanity. EVERYTHING in this book is correct - about sleeping patterns, etc. The knowledge in this book is critical to establishing "healthy sleep habits" - valuable skills your child will need to survive and learn optimally throughout life. I was at my wit's end, not knowing if my child's sleep habits were normal, if I was doing things right, etc. - now my daughter is taking two regular naps per day and sleeping twelve hours at night (she is eight months old). This book doesn't necessarily tell you a formula that is to be used for every baby; it teaches you how to read your INDIVIDUAL child. When you know how to tell when your baby is tired, and act according to good common sense this book teaches, then good sleep habits are established. I recommend this book to ANYONE.
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Summary: I wouldn't 'train' MY DOG this way!
Review: Establishing a relationship of love and trust and fostering feelings of self-confidence and self-worth in my child is, for our family, more important than 'training' an infant to sleep when and how I want him to. It does sound convenient, but I am past the dolls' stage.... My son is 14 months and has just started sleeping 12 hours straight, with no training whatsoever involved. It was just time. He has no separartion anxiety, doesn't hate bedtime or his bed, is a happy toddler and, get this, a very independent child too. We would never let him cry, we respect him as a human being. Letting your child cry until they vomit is simply abuse. I feel for all these poor infants who are subjected to this cruel method, and boy am I glad Weissbluth didn't raise me! This book belongs in the garbage, with its author.
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Summary: mother of 2
Review: I bought this book after my daughter was 9mo. old in hopes of learning something new about what I "should" be doing with her & her desires to stop taking a morning nap. It really reinforced everything I already believed in about sleep--only problem was, I was doing everything they recommended & I still couldn't get her to take a morning nap again. When I found out I was pregnant, this book was recommended by my daughters physician when I asked how I was going to get 2 children to sleep in the same room together. I then pulled this book out (before he was born) & read it & it reminded me as to what I should expect from a new born as far as napping & sleep goes. I believe it is a good reference to have & have bought it as a baby shower gift for my sister in law.
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